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K-food:尋找首爾5大米糕Café,感受傳統韓式幸福感

In the world of processed manufactured goods with ice creams, Krispy Kreme donuts and cakes topped with colorful icings flying all over dessert shops, more and more Koreans are turning to the O.G. style for dessert, best demonstrated by the resurgence of rice cake cafés across the nation. Called tteok(떡) in Korean, these rice cakes are a popular form of traditional Korean dessert – either made by pounding or steaming rice, and usually sticky and chewy in content. Think of the sticky rice cakes in the popular Korean street food, tteokbokki. Here we have compiled a list of the top five rice cake cafes in Korea for a more traditional experience on your next visit.

當韓國市面上的甜品屋都充斥著雪糕、甜甜圈和色彩繽紛的糖霜蛋糕時,越來越多韓國人都轉向傳統的甜品,最好的例子就是近來全國開到成行成市的米糕Café。「떡」,即米糕,是一種主要用糯米或梗米製成的傳統甜品,口感跟街頭小吃炒年糕十分相似,粘而耐嚼,深受本地人歡迎。以下韓國小編將會介紹韓國5大米糕Café,下次到首爾旅遊,不妨前往感受傳統韓式甜品的美味吧!

01 Damkkot (담장옆에국화꽃)

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Located in both Gangnam and Itaewon, Damkkot is the pioneer of Korean style dessert, using both modern and traditional ingredients to make rice cakes. The most popular menu is grilled glutinous rice cake, made out of glutinous rice flour, mugwort powder, chestnut, walnut and pea with a little bit of baking powder.

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在江南和梨泰院同樣設有分店,Damkkot 是韓式甜品的始祖,以傳統和新興食材炮製米餅。本店最受歡迎的甜品是烤米糕,以糯米粉、艾草粉、栗子、核桃、豌豆與發粉製成。

地址/Address: 92-3, Banpo-Dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
首爾瑞草區盤浦洞92-3
網站/ Website: damkkot.com(韓文)

02 Jilsiru Tteok Café (질시루)

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Run by the Institute of Traditional Korean Food, Jilsiru tteok café boasts a range of rice cake products along with Korean traditional dolls and fabrics on display. Having two branches in Seoul – one in Insa-dong and the other in Changdeokgung Palace area – those who order rice cakes or drinks at the Changdeokgung store can get free admission to the Tteok Museum located above the café.

Jilsiru Tteok Café 질시루傳統韓式甜品米糕首爾旅遊推薦

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Jilsiru Tteok Café 질시루傳統韓式甜品米糕首爾旅遊推薦

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由韓國傳統飲食研究所營運,Jilsiru Tteok Café售賣多款米糕甜品,店內更設有韓式傳統洋娃娃與布藝的擺設。Jilsiru Tteok Café在首爾設有兩間分店,分別在仁寺洞和昌德宮區,只要在昌德宮區分店購買任何米糕和飲料,即可前往Café樓上的米糕博物館免費參觀。

地址/Address:
164-2, Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea (Changdeokgung Store)
首爾鐘路區臥龍洞164-2(昌德宮店)
30-5, Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea (Insa-dong Store)
首爾鐘路區仁寺洞30-5(仁寺洞店)
網站/Website: jilsr.com(韓文)

03 Daraeheon (다래헌)

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Founded by a Korean calligrapher, Daraeheon is a traditional tteok café that not only offers a panoply of traditional rice cakes in an affordable price but also boasts a Korean-style traditional interior by the menus written in calligraphy. Daraeheon’s signature tteok is mangaettok, which is made by steaming sticky rice carrying red bean paste wrapped in smilax leaves.

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由韓國書法家所開,Daraeheon是一間售賣多款價錢合宜的傳統米餅Café,店內用上傳統裝潢,菜單也是用書法所寫。Daraeheon的鎮店之寶是一種名叫「mangaettok」的米餅,以蒸糯米所製,內有紅豆餡料,由牛尾菜所包裹。

地址/Address: 661-18, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
首爾江南區新沙洞 661-18
網站/Website: daraeheon.co.kr(韓文)

04 Café JAISO(카페 자이소)

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If all the suggestions above were too traditional, here’s a café founded by two young entrepreneurs that offers fusion rice cakes with witty names. From “Welcome to Osaka” to “Burger in Affair,” Café JAISO offers a unique range of fusion rice cakes by mixing ingredients from all over the world in traditional rice cakes, such as a sandwich-like cheese rice cake topped with nuts, and a plain rice cake with the Japanese takoyaki fillings.

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cafe jaiso another story seoul米糕首爾旅遊推薦

若果以上所介紹的米糕對你而言都是太過「傳統」的話,不妨考慮這間由兩位年輕店主所開的Fusion米糕。Café JAISO的每件甜品都有一個趣怪的名字──「歡迎來到大阪」、「出軌的漢堡」等,以從全球搜羅而得的食材所製成,包括三明治款色的芝士果仁米糕、日本章魚燒餡料米糕等fusion款色。

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地址/Address: 120-2, Samsung-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
首爾江南區三星洞120-2
網站/Website: jaiso.co.kr(韓文)

05 Bizeun(빚은)

Bizeun빚은seoul米糕首爾旅遊推薦

Too busy to pay a visit to the rice cake cafes above? Bizeun, whose name means the Korean word to make rice cakes, is a rice cake franchise currently holding 41 branches across Seoul and 118 locations nationwide, offering up to 250 different types of rice cakes. Although Bizeun is primarily a store, it still has room for a nice little chat over rice cakes and traditional Korean teas.

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行程太緊逼未能夠到訪以上Café嗎?放心,你可以選擇在首爾擁有過41間分店的米糕連鎖店Bizeun。這間米糕店在全國118個地點都可以找到它,售賣多達250種不同的米糕。雖然Bizeun以米糕零售為主,但店內依然有空間供顧客坐下,一邊閒聊一邊享受傳統米糕與韓茶。

Bizeun빚은seoul米糕首爾旅遊推薦

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地址/Address:
May vary, but the Insa-dong branch can be easily accessed.
不同分店的地址都有所不同,其中仁寺洞分店最方便。
16, Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
首爾鐘路區仁寺洞16
網站/Website: bizeun.co.kr(韓文)

TEXT: JISU J
CHINESE TRANSLATION: FLORIELLE